Circle of Grace: Praying With-And For-Your Children - Hardcover

A parent's handbook for integrating prayer into one's daily life features more than four hundred prayers and blessings for every occasion, including prayers of praise and petition, bedtime and mealtime prayers, holiday blessings, prayers of thanksgiving, and more.

a well-known paradox of the spiritual life that when we gather together and focus our love and attention outward--on God's goodness and grace--we actually grow closer to one another. That is the secret of praying together as a family. . . ."
--Gregory and Suzanne Wolfe

Prayer, it has been said, is the natural language of the heart. Indeed, surveys reveal that Americans overwhelmingly believe in the power and efficacy of prayer. Yet many parents feel uncertain about introducing their children to prayer because they themselves have forgotten--or never learned--how to pray. Consequently, their children too are kept in the dark, uncertain how to start, what to say. Now Circle of Grace gives parents the inspiration, confidence, and practical help they need to begin integrating prayer into the fabric of family life. This compelling book contains more than four hundred prayers from many faiths--as fresh and moving today as when they were first uttered.

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